Despite the Cylons being redesigned, the story changed a little, and the complexity ramped up a thousandfold, the new Battlestar Galactica won legions of new fans for a franchise many thought long since dead, and through extras such as the spin-off project Razor (plus other forthcoming films) and the upcoming prequel series Caprica, the Battlestar Galactica story will continue to echo in the science fiction pantheon long after the series has ended.

"We will turn sorrow into thousandfold strength and courage and tide over the present difficulties and more dynamically advance along the road of Songun indicated by Kim Jong Il," Kim Yong Nam, who isn't related to the ruling family, said in his tribute, according to North Korea's state news agency.